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| 2/5/2015 to 2/27/2015 We flew to the "End of the World" Ushuaia, Terra del Fuego, Argentina with the intent on catching our One Ocean ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, to Antarctica via the Falklands and South Georgia. Our Tropical Birding guide, Andrew Spencer, was very knowledgeable and we were pleased to have him help us identify all we saw. (Click on NEXT PAGE below to go back in time and see Gentoo, Magellanic, and Rockhopper Penguin colonies.) |
| 2/13/15 Also, Yellow-billed Pintail and a distant South Georgia Pipit for the record along with some scenery shots Salisbury Plain and Prion Island, South Georgia. Truly an amazing place! |
| 2/13/2015 Salisbury Plain, South Georgia: We were very impressed by the size of the King Penguin colony and the beautiful creatures surrounding us - we didn't want to leave! Waves were crashing, but the sleek bodies zipped through water effortlessly. On land, groups of threes clustered here and there. There would be an interaction between two of them and one would quickly slap the other - politely, mind you. (We heard this slapping could get more intense during mating season.) It was comical to watch the funny-shaped brown chicks waddle about. Also, a Great Skua checking the area for lunch. |
